Peanut Butter Hummus

I have always liked hummus and liked peanut butter. When I began to think about the holidays and making special treats, I searched high and low for peanut butter recipes. I found chocolate and peanut butter recipes galore but when I discovered this hummus recipe, I wondered would it be good? It is....so I will share it with you now!

I am thinking a chocolate peanut butter hummus with graham crackers to dip would be divine too. So when you see me at a party, you can be pretty sure I will have hummus with me. I like it that much, and it is that EASY!

Peanut Butter Hummus (from howsweeteats.com)

makes about 1 1/2 cups

1 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

2 heaping tablespoons of peanut butter

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

Shell chickpeas if you wish. Add chickpeas to food processor and process until finely ground. Add peanut butter and mix until combined. With the food processor on, stream in olive oil through the top. You may need to add more to meet your desired consistency. Add salt, pepper and paprika and mix.

Garnish with a sprinkling of smoked paprika. Serve with veggies and pita chips.

My substitutions: Put the chickpeas in the food processor first and then add all the spices and pb. Add the olive oil about a 1/3 at a time. Blend until smooth. I also added about a Tbsp of tahini. I felt like that made it really good.

Happy Eating! Enjoy!

Ice Cream...Only Healthy!

Sorry it has been so long. I have been repeating some of my tried and true recipes or having another staple of the deployed soldier family menu planning...cereal. Done with soccer so now I have some more time to bake, cook, and scour for recipes. Today's is new and so yummy!

I love eating dessert. However, my family's history of diabetes does not like me to eat dessert! So, I found this recipe and thought, maybe, just maybe it will be good. It wasn't just good. It was fighting over the last bite good....with my boys....who are so super picky!

Homemade Ice Cream (click the title to get the original post of this recipe)

2 bananas
1 scoop of peanut butter
1/2 spoonful of cocoa powder

Cut the bananas into slices about 1 cm thick. Place into a dish that can be placed in the freezer. Let them freeze about an hour or two.

Take them out and place in a food processor (or in my case, mini chopper). Blend. Scrape the side. Blend some more. Scrape. You are getting the picture. When you think it will never work, blend some more. It will go from granules to smooth creamy looking ice cream.

Put back into the bowl and add your pb and cocoa. We added some cinnamon to the last bite and will be adding that at the beginning from now on.

Is this exactly like ice cream...yes, it appears to be. However, it tastes like banana. So, if this won't cut it for you....sorry. It so makes me feel like I got an amazing dessert, and my tummy is happy. For those who know my children, you know that they don't just eat all the amazing things I come up with when they are presented. When I say this is great, it is! No lie. Don't wait. Go get your bananas. Out, run to the store. Yes, it is that good!

Eat the whole container. You can! Happy Eating! Enjoy!